Driftaway Coffee

What's in the box: A first Explorer box of coffees from different growing regions, followed by bags matched to the flavor profiles you choose.

Driftaway Coffee is a small-batch roastery in Brooklyn. Its subscription is built around discovery instead of a one-time quiz. New subscribers start with an Explorer box of coffees from different origins and taste through them. They then pick flavor profiles for ongoing deliveries, and later shipments aim to send coffees similar to the ones they liked. This works well for people who don't yet know what they enjoy, because their choices come from actually drinking the coffee. Driftaway also runs free virtual tasting classes for beginners, which fits its stated goal of making specialty coffee easy to get into. The company describes itself as BIPOC woman-led and puts sourcing at the center. It says it aims to buy half its coffee from women-owned farms and pays three to five times the Fair Trade price. It also says it shares data back with growers through a Farmer Feedback program. It cites compostable bags, carbon-neutral operations, and a donation to World Coffee Research with every purchase. Roast Magazine named it 2026 Roaster of the Year. The trade-offs are typical of this kind of service. You get less control at the start, and the homepage doesn't spell out subscription pricing or delivery frequency, so check those details before signing up.